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Index 



Bee-hives, 354, 391 et seq. 



Beekman, James, greenhouse of, 19. 



Bee Larkspur, 265, 268. 



Bell-bind, 181, 182. 



Bell Flower, Chinese or Japanese. See 



Platycodon grandiflorum. 

 Belvoir Castle, Lunaria at, 171-172. 

 Bergamot, 166. 



Bergrn Homestead, garden of, 23. 

 Berkeley, Bishop, Apple trees of, 194- 



195. 



Bitter Buttons. See Tansy. 

 Bitter-sweet, 25, 238. 

 Black Cohosh, 423-424. 

 Hack Roses, 466. 

 Bleeding-heart. See Dielytra. 

 Blind, herb-garden for, 131. 

 Bloodroot, 154, 457. 

 Bluebottles, 265. 

 Blue-eyed Grass, 278-279. 

 Blue-pipe tree, 144. 

 Blue Roses, 253, 

 Blue Sage, 264. 

 Blue Spider-flower, 435. 

 Bluetops, 265. 

 Bluets, 260. 



Blue-weed. See Viper's Bugloss. 

 Blush Roses, 466. 

 Bocconia. See Plume Poppy. 

 Boneset, 145 et seq. 

 Bosquets, 387. 

 Botrys. See Ambrosia. 

 Boulder, sun-dial mounted on, 377. 

 Bouncing Bet, 52, 450. 

 Bourbon Roses, 467. 

 Boursault Roses, 48, 463. 

 Bowers, 385. 

 Bowling greens, 240. 

 Bowne, Eliza Southgate, diary of, 31. 

 Box. See Chapter IV.; also 29, 47, 



48, 54- 59, 7i, 80, 112, 338. 

 Break-your-spectacles, 265. 

 Brecknock Hall, Box at, 103-104. 

 Bricks for edging, 59, 71 ; for walls, 71- 



72, 412 et seq. 

 Brier candy, 473. 

 British soldiers, graves of, 77 et seq. 



Broom. See Woad- waxen. 



Broughton Castle, Box sun-dial at, 97, 

 98. 



Brown, Dr. John, cited, 103. 



Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 306. 



Brunelle. See Prunella. 



Buck-thorn, 387, 407. 



Bulbs, 157. 



Burgundy Roses, 465, 466, 467. 



Burnet, 305. 



Burnet-leaved Rose, 466. 



Burroughs, J., quoted, 195, 451-452. 



Burying-grounds, Box in, 94; Dog- 

 wood in, 155; Thyme in, 303; 

 Spurge in, 434. 



Butter-and-eggs. See Toad-flax. 



Buttercups, 166, 291, 294. 



Cabbage Rose, 297, 320, 459, 460, 471. 



Calceolarias, 179. 



Calopogon, 247. 



Calycanthus, 297. 



Cambridge University, sun-dial at, 97. 



Camden, South Carolina, gardens at, 



15- 



Camellia Japonica, 16. 

 Camomile, 192. 

 Campanula, 52, 262. 

 Candy-tuft, as edging, 59. 

 Canker-bloom, 465. 

 Canterbury Bells, 34, 162, 262, 333 et seq. 

 Caraway, 341, 342. 

 Carnation, green, 239. 

 Catalpas, 26, 31, 293. 

 Cat-ice, 453. 

 Catnip, 315. 

 Cat road, 452. 

 Cat's-fancy, 315. 

 Cat-slides, 453. 

 Cat-sticks, 453. 

 Cedar hedges, 387. 

 Cedar of Lebanon, 29. 

 Centaurea Cyanus. See Bachelor's 



Buttons. 



Cerinthe. See Honeywort. 

 Charles I. sun-dials of, 357. 

 Charles II. sun-dials of, 357. 



